Pianist Hasaan Ibn Ali was a local Philadelphia legend who had an impact on John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner and many others. After the 2021 release of Ali’s once-thought-lost album, Metaphysics: The Lost Atlantic Album and the resulting joy and praise from jazz fans worldwide, Omnivore Recordings releases a second Ali album of unreleased songs that will forever cement his legacy the history of jazz.
Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay: The Solo Recordings collects 21 informal solo recordings made by Alan Sukoenig and saxophonist David Shrier when they were students at the University of Pennsylvania in 1962. Produced by the team of Sukoenig, Lewis Porter, and Cheryl Pawelski, the 2-CD/Digital or 4-LP vinyl version set also features restoration and mastering by Michael Graves. As Richard Brody writes in The New Yorker Magazine, “It does more than put him on the map of jazz history—it expands the map to include the vast expanse of his musical achievement.”
